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"I didn't let that stop me. Network effects are no excuse."
Except that they kind of are in the context of exposing someone to an entirely new system that they may neither know about nor care about.
I view this as a similar situation to getting my friends to try GNU/Linux. Most people cannot stick with it because the experience is unfamiliar to them, and they can't run their preferred programs that they are used to.
@deadsuperhero I didn't try to persuade my friends and family to migrate to Mastodon. I told each of them, "I'm leaving Facebook as of $DATE. It's not you; it's Zuck. Here are my email and phone number; I'd love to hear from you from time to time."
Facebook doesn't need to be replaced. It just needs to DIE. The tools Facebook subsumed into itself are still available. It's a matter of either remembering or learning how to use them again.
@starbreaker@deadsuperhero One day about a year, maybe a year and a half ago I've got fed up with it and deleted my account. Being perfectly honest, I'm less stressed, I've finally ended some friendships and most importantly, I've got waaay more time now.
Still, I don't *hate* facebook as a platform (not to say that I approve collecting data). I hate Zuck as a man, and I hate userbase, because they're cancerous af.
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@starbreaker @deadsuperhero
One day about a year, maybe a year and a half ago I've got fed up with it and deleted my account. Being perfectly honest, I'm less stressed, I've finally ended some friendships and most importantly, I've got waaay more time now.
Still, I don't *hate* facebook as a platform (not to say that I approve collecting data). I hate Zuck as a man, and I hate userbase, because they're cancerous af.